Temperature
4996 K
4724 to 5034.5
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Kepler-472
Unclassified star • 306.6 pc
Records
14
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
15
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 184554925
Approximate color
from effective temperature
Canonical Summary
Adopted host values from one source row
Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Stellar source: Morton et al. 2016 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.85 Msun
0.78 to 0.87
Radius
0.78 Rsun
0.68 to 1.75
Age
2.69 Gyr
2.14 to 4.50
Distance
306.6 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.78 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-472
0.78 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-472 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
4.18 days
Radius
3.22 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-472 and Its Neptune-like Planet
Kepler-472 is a star located roughly 1,000 light-years away. It hosts one known planet and has an age of 2.69 billion years, a mass of 0.85 solar masses, a radius of 0.78 solar radii, and a temperature of 5000 K. Its reported mass and radius estimates are smaller than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's.
The system's only listed planet is Kepler-472 b, a Neptune-like world discovered by transit in 2016. A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness, and repeated dips help establish orbital periods. Kepler-472 b completes an orbit in 4.18 days and has a radius of 3.22 Earth radii; that radius is larger than Earth's. As a Neptune-like planet, it falls within the size class that reaches up to four times Earth's radius.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
14
Stellar refs
14
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Agedisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitydisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4957 | 0.87 | 0.78 | — | — | — | 306.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4955 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 4.50 | — | — | 306.6 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4834.0 | 0.78 | 0.79 | — | -0.51 | — | 306.6 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 4955 | — | 0.80 | — | — | — | 306.6 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4996 | 0.85 | 0.78 | 2.69 | — | — | 306.6 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 4955 | — | 0.80 | — | — | — | 306.6 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 4911 | 0.84 | 0.79 | — | — | — | 306.6 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4911 | 0.84 | 0.79 | — | — | — | 306.6 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4932 | 0.86 | 0.78 | 2.14 | — | — | 306.6 | Fulton & Petigura 2018 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 306.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4911 | 0.84 | 0.79 | — | — | — | 306.6 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5034.5 | — | 0.68 | — | -0.58 | — | 306.6 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 4724 | — | 1.75 | — | — | — | 306.6 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 4932 | — | 0.78 | — | — | — | 306.6 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |